Education for All Update

12/05/2007

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s there are few.
Suzuki Roshi

At the 2007 World Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Nicholas Burnett gave a report on progress toward meeting the ambitious Education for All goals adapted by the world community in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000. Now the latest progress report has been released, and Burnett, who was recently appointed UNESCO Assistant Director General for Education, observes...

“At this midway point, our assessment leans towards the positive, but much more remains to be done if the goals are to be met by their target date of 2015. Countries and regions farthest from education for all have moved ahead much faster than in the 1990s. Good national policies and higher domestic spending supported by external aid are clearly making a difference to the lives of millions of children, for example in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India, Mozambique, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, and Zambia.”

The Global Monitoring Report 2008, reveals that the number of children starting primary school has increased sharply since 2000, there are more girls in school than ever before, and spending on education and aid has risen. That’s the good news; but on the down side, poor quality, the high cost of schooling, and persisting high levels of adult illiteracy are undermining the chances of achieving education for all by 2015.

The full Global Monitoring Report 2008 is available on the UNESCO web site.

Calling All Educators

Teacher educators from around the world will gather in Auckland, New Zealand, April 30 - May 2, for the Working Forum for Teacher Education to brainstorm about ways to be more effective in helping the early childhood workforce of the future be more effective in providing education for all. A call for presentations has been posted on the World Forum web site, and we invite you to send a presentation proposal to the World Forum Foundation.

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